Senior Managers - Leeds, United Kingdom - Grafton Recruitment

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    Role: Senior Procurement Managers - IT or Professional Services Categories

    Location: Leeds or London Base Location, with 3 days in office

    Salary: c.£85,000 and excellent benefits package

    I'm working on behalf of a services based organisation, who are supporting the transformation and promotion of business in local economies. This is an exciting and dynamic organisation, and you will be part of the process of further developing their efficiency.

    We are recruiting a Senior Procurement Manager with backgrounds in Corporate & Professional Services categories such as legal, HR, and facilities services, or large IT contracts and supplier relationships. You will lead a team focused on services category management, tendering, and contract negotiation.

    The role will take responsibility for growth of the category team, leading and mentoring, as well as setting and managing category strategy for these areas of spend. This is a growing and developing organisation and the role offers a great opportunity for you to be part of building and developing a team, and progressing your career by implementing new processes and delivering cost savings.

    • Experience in Central Government Procurement Process is essential.
    • You will have experience of implementing procurement strategy, and leading complex tendering processes, setting up contracts and managing vendor performance.
    • Managing and supporting stakeholders through the procurement process.
    • Delivering service and value improvement from corporate and professional services categories.
    • Strong understanding of working with public sector procurement frameworks.
    • Building and developing professional procurement functions, and instilling best practice.

    If you would like to find out more please contact Adrian Harrison (Principal Consultant - Procurement Recruitment) or apply through the advert.